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STATE OF MICHIGAN 

LIVE STOCK 

SANITARY LAWS 



COMPILED UNDER THE SDPEUVISION OF 

COLEMAN C. VAUGHAN 

SECRETARY OF STATE 




BY AUTHORITY 



LANSING, MICHIGAN 
WYNKOOP HALLENBECK CRAWFORD CO.. STATE PRINTERS 

1917 



1917 



STATE OF MICHIGAN .--.,^a-uf.,.t.. 

LIVE STOCK 

SANITARY LAWS 



COMPILED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF 

COLEMAN C. VAUGHAN 

SECRETARY OF STATE 




BY AUTHORITY 



LANSING. MICHIGAN 
WYNKOOP HALLENBECK CRAWFORD CO.. STATE PRINTERS 

1917 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY COMMISSION. 

H. H. Hali.aDxVy. President Clinton. 

MartiiV Stapletox Emmett. 

W. R. Harper, Secretary Middleville. 



STATE VETERINARIAN. 

George W. Dunphy. East Lansing Office, Lansing. 

PATHOLOGIST. 

E. T. Hallmax Lansing. 

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contp:nts. 

• Sections. 

State live stock sanitary commission, powers and duties 1-33 

Yarding and feeding of Texas cattle 34-38 

Foot-rot among sheep '. 39-40 

Running at large and sale of diseased sheep 41-43 

Regulations for shipment of dressed meat 44-46 

Feeding of unwholesome flesh to animals or fowls 47-48 

Pasteurizing by-products of cheese factories, etc ' 49-50 

Horses and mules permanently unfit for work. 51-53 

Marking and branding live stock 54-56 

Regulation of practice of veterinary medicine and surgery 57-70 

Registration of stallions 71-79 

Licensing and registration of dogs 80-91 



Note. — The numbers in parentheses ( ), are compiler's sections and are consecutive 
throughout the book. The section mark § refers to the section of the compiled laws of 1915. 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY COMMISSION. 

An Act to provide for the appointment of a state live stock sanitary 
commission and a state veterinarian, and to prescribe their powers 
and duties, and to prevent and suppress contagious and infectious 
diseases among the live stock of the state. 

[Art 182, P. A. ISSu.] 

The People of the ^tate of Michigan enact: 

(1) § 7?>07. Section 1. A commission is hereby estab- Commission- 
lished w'hicli shall be known under the name and style of "The quaStions. 
State Live Stock Sanitary Connnission." The commission 
shall consist of three commissioners who are practical agri- 
cnltnralists and engaged in the live stock indnstries of the 
state, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice 
and consent of the senate. One shall be appointed for the How 
term of six years, one for the term of fonr years, and one for ^pp"^"*'' 
the term of two years, whose term of office shall commence 
on the second Tnesday of Jnly of the year in w^hich they are 
appointed and shall continne until their successors are a.p- 
]»ointed and qualitied ; ami at each succeeding biennial session 
of the legislature there sliall be appointed in like manner 
one commissioner wlio shall hold his office six years or until 
his successor is ap})ointed and qualitied. The governor shall veterinarian, 
also appoint witli the advice and consent of the senate, a qualifications. 
veterinarian Avho shall be a graduate of a veterinary college 
legally qualified to confer the veterinary degree, and who 
shall be skilled in the diagnosis and control of infectious 
diseases of live stock, and wlio shall be recommended by the 
live stock sanitary commission, and shall serve for a term of 
six years from tlie second day of September of the year 
nineteen hundred thirteen, and until bis successor is appointed 
and qualified. The governor shall also appoint every six how 
years thereafter, upon the recommendation of the state live app^i^t^d^j.^ 
stock sanitary commission, a competent and skilled veteri- 
narian having the qualifications above mentioned, whose term 
of office shall be for six years or until his successor is appoint- 
ed and qualified. 

(2) § 7308. Sec. 2. Said commissioners and veterinary oath of ofHce. 
surgeon before they enter upon the duties of their office shall 

each take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office and 
file the same with the secretary of state. 

(3) § 7309. Sec. 3. Each commissioner shall receive the salary. 
sum of five dollars per day and necessary expenses for the 
time actually spent in the discharge of his duties; and the 



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veterinary surgeon shall receive the sum of two thousand dol- 
lars per annum and necessary expenses. The said veterinarian 
shall be required to carry out the directions of the live stock 
sanitary commission, and shall devote his entire time to the 
duties of his office. 



Duty. 



Duty of 
commission. 



(4) 



7310. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the commis- 



sion to protect the health of the domestic animals of the state 
from all contagious or infectious diseases of a malignant char- 
acter, and for this purpose it is hereby authorized and em- 
powered to establish, maintain and enforce such quarantine, 
sanitary and other regulations as it ma}^ deem necessary. 
It shall be the further duty of the commission to furnish proper 
office facilities, at Lansing, for the state veterinarian, ami a 
laboratory for the investigation of infectious diseases of live 
stock. 

The commission is tlie sole tribunal to dotermiue whether the animals are 
diseased and to ascertain their value, and is to be governed by the value at 
the date of appraisal. The only appellate jurisdiction provided for by the 
statute is the governor, whose approval of the action of the commission is 
necessary. — Shipman v. Sanitary Commission, 115 / 488. 



Duty of per- 
sons to report 
disease to 
health officer^ 



Duty of local 
board of 
health to in- 
vestigate 
cases reported 



Commission 
to quarantine . 



Expenses, 
how paid. 



Examination 
of animal. 



(5) § 7311. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of any person 
who discovers, suspects, or has reason to believe that any 
domestic animal belonging to him or in his charge, or that 
may come under his observation, belonging to other parties, 
is affected with any disease, whether it be a contagious or in- 
fectious disease, to immediately report such fact, belief, or 
suspicion to the live stock sanitary commission, or a mem- 
ber thereof, or to the local board of health or some member 
thereof. 

(6) § 7312. Sec. 0. It is liereby made the duty of all 
local boards of healtli, to whom cases of contagious or in- 
fectious diseases aye reported, to immediately investigate the 
same, either in person by some member or members of the 
board, or by the employment of a competent and skilled vet- 
erinarian ; and should such investigation show a reasonable 
probability that a domestic animal is affected with a con- 
tagious or infectious disease of a malignant character, the 
local board of health shall immediately establish sucli tem- 
porary quarantine as may be necessary to prevent the spread 
of the disease, and report all action taken to the commission 
or to some member thereof; and tlie acts of local boards of 
health establishing temporary' quarantine shall have the same 
force and effect as though established by the commission 
itself, until such time as the commission may take charge of 
the case or cases, and relieve tlie local board of health. All 
expenses incurred by local boards of health in carrying out 
the provisions of this act shall be paid in like manner as are 
other expenses incurred by said boards in the discharge of 
other official duties. 

(7) § 7313. Sec. 7. The commission or any member 
thereof, to whom the existence of any infectious or contagious 
disease of domestic animals is reported, shall forthwith pro- 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 



ceed to the place where such domestic animal or animals are 
and examine the same, and if in his or their opinion any 
infectious or contagious disease does exist he or they are au- 
thorized to' call upon the state veterinarian or other com- 
petent and skilled veterinarians to proceed to the place where 
said contagious or infectious disease is said to exist and ex- 
amine said animal or animals, and report his or their finding 
to the said commission, which then shall prescribe such suppression 
rules and regulations as in its judgment the exigencies of °' *^^^^^^^- 
the case may require for the effectual suppression and eradica- 
tion of the disease, and for that purpose the said commission 
may list and describe the domestic animals affected with such 
disease and those which have been exposed thereto and in- 
cluded within the infected district or premises so defined and 
quarantined, with such reasonable certainty as would lead Quarantine. 
to their identification, and no domestic animal liable to be- 
come infected with the disease or capable of communicating 
the same shall be permitted to enter or leave the district, 
premises or ground so quarantined, except by the authority 
of the commission. The said commission shall also from time separation, 
to time give and enforce such directions and prescribe such ®^^- 
rules and regulations as to separating, mode of handling, 
treating, feeding and caring for such diseased and exposed 
animals as it shall deem necessary to prevent the tw^o classes 
of animals from coming in contact with each other, and 
perfectly isolate them from all other domestic animals which isolation. 
have not been exposed thereto and which are susceptible of 
becoming infected with the disease, and the said commission 
and veterinarian are hereby authorized and empowered to 
enter upon any grounds or premises to carry out the provisions 
of this act. When in the opinion of the commission it shall Destruction 
be necessary to prevent the further spread of any contagious °^ a"™ais. 
or infectious disease among the live stock of the state, to 
destroy animals affected with or which have been exposed 
to any such disease, it shall determine what animals shall be 
killed, and appraise the same, as hereinafter provided, and 
<;ause the same to be killed and the carcasses disposed of as 
in its judgment will best protect the health of domestic ani- 
mals of that locality. Said conmiission shall also have power Dogs may be 
to declare and enforce a quarantine on dogs in an}- district of fi"a^'"antined. 
this state in which there is an outbreak of rabies, hog cholera, 
hoof and mouth disease, or any other contagious or infectious 
disease among live stock ; and may order that all dogs in said 
district shall be securely chained or otherwise confined. Any when dogs 
dog found at large in contravention of the terms of such quar- JJifild^^ 
antine or order may be killed. It shall be the duty of the Duty to 
sheriff of each county in the district affected and of his depu- quiTa^ntine. 
ties, constables and other municipal police officers to see to it 
that such quarantine and orders are enforced. Any officer immunity of 
killing a dog pursuant to the provisions of this act shall not °^^^'^- 
be subject to any liability therefor. 



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STATE OP MICHIGAN. 



To notify the 
governor of 
quarantine. 



Governor to 
issue quaran- 
tine procla- 
mation. 



Proviso. 



Commission 
to appraise 
animal 
ordered killed 



To issue a 
certificate to 
owner. 



To report the 
same to the 
governor. 
Auditor gen- 
eral to draw 
his warrant 
for amount. 



Owner to be 
paid for ani- 
mal killed. , 



Proviso. 



(S) § 7314. Sec. 8. When the commission shall have 
determined the quarantine and other regulations necessary to 
])revent the spread among domestic animals of any malig- 
nant, contagious, or infectious disease found to exist among 
the live stoclv of the state, and given their order as herein-, 
before provided, prescribing quarantine and other regula- 
tions, it shall notify the governor thereof, who shall issue his 
proclamation proclaiming the boundary of such quarantine 
and the orders, rules, and regulations prescribed by the com- 
mission, which proclamation may be published by written 
or printed hand bills posted within the boundaries or on 
the lines of the district, premises, places, or grounds quaran- 
tined : Provided, That if the commission decide that it is not 
necessary, by reason of the. limited extent of the district in 
which such disease exists, that a proclamation should be 
issued, then none shall be issued, but such commission shall 
give such notice as may to it seem best to make the quaran- 
tine established by it effective. 

(9) § 7315. Sec. 9. Whenever the commission shall di- 
rect the killing of any domestic animal or animals it shall be 

• the duty of the commissioners to appraise the animal or ani- 
mals condemned, and in fixing the value thereof the com- 
missioners shall be governed by the value of said animal or 
animals at the date of appraisement. 

(10) § 7310. Sec. 10. Whenever any live stock shall be 
appraised and killed by order of the commission, it shall 
issue to the owner of the stock so killed a certificate showing 
the number and kind of animals killed, and the amount in 
their judgment, to which the owner is entitled, and report 
the same to the governor of the state, which certificate, if ap- 
proved by the governor, shall be presented to the auditor 
general, who shall draw his warrant on the state treasurer 
for the amount therein stated, payable out of any money in 
the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 

(11) § 7317. Sec. 11. When any animal or animals are 
killed under the provisions of this act, by order of the com- 
mission, the owner thereof shall be paid therefor the ap- 
praised value as fixed by the appraisement hereinbefore pro- 
vided for: Provided, The right of indemnity on account of 
animals killed by order of the commission under the provi- 
sions of this act, shall not extend to the owners of animals 
which have been brought into the state in a diseased condi- 
tion, or from a state, country, territory, or district in which 
the disease with which the animal is affected, or to which it 

>has been exposed, exists. Nor shall any animal be paid for by 
the state Avhich may be brought into the state in violation of 
any law or quarantine regulation thereof, or the owner of which 
shall have violated any of the provisions of this act, or dis- 
regarded any rule, regulation, or order of the live stock sani- 
tary commission or any member thereof. Nor shall any ani- 
mal be paid for by the state which came into the possession 
of the claimant with the claimant's knowledge that such 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. H 



animal was diseased, or was suspected of beino- diseased, or of 
having been exposed to any contagions or infectious disease. 

(12) § 7318. Sec. 12. Any person who shall have in his Disposition 
possession any domestic animal affected with any contagious anima^^"^ 
or infectious disease, knowing such animal to be so affected, oonta|k)^i*^ 
or, after having received notice that such animal is so affected, fUsease. 
who shall permit such animal to run at large, or who shall 

keep such animal where other domestic animals not affected 
by or previously exposed to such disease may be exposed to 
its contagion or infection, or who shall sell, ship, drive, trade, 
or give away such diseased animal or animals which have been 
exposed to such contagion or infection, or who shall move 
or drive any domestic animal in violation of any direction, 
rule or regulation, or order establishing and regulating quar- 
antine, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than 
ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be im- 
prisoned in the county jail not less than ten nor more than 
ninet}^ days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discre- 
tion of the court, for each of such diseased or exposed 
domestic animals which he shall permit to run at large, or 
keep, sell, ship, drive, trade or give away in violation of the 
provisions of this act. 

(13) § 7319. Sec. 13. Any person who shall knowingly Penalty for 
bring into this state any domestic animal which is affected eased'animlis 
with any contagious or infectious disease, or any animal '^'^^° ^^^ ^^'i'^®- 
which has been exposed to any contagious or infectious dis- 
ease, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con- • 
viction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than one 
hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, or be 
imprisoned in the state prison not to exceed one year, or both 

such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 

(14) § 7320. Sec. 11. Any person who owns or is in Penalty for 
possession of live stock which is affected, or which is sus- aiiow'tle vet- 
pected or reported to be affected, with any infectious or con- examilfe^tock 
tagious disease, who shall wilfully prevent or refuse to allow 

the state veterinarian or commissioner or other authorized 
officer or officers to examine such stock, or shall hinder or 
obstruct the state veterinarian or other authorized officer or 
officers in any examination of, or in an attempt to examine 
such stock, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, 
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less 
than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be 
imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten nor more 
than ninety days or both such fine and imprisonment in the 
discretion of the court. 

(15) § 7321. Sec. 15. Any person who shall wilfully penalty tor 
violate, disregard or evade, or attempt to violate, disregard or tMs'^ac^" °^ 
evade any of the provisions of this act, or who shall wifully 
violate, disregard or evade any of the rules, regulations, orders 

or directions of the live stock sanitary commission establishing 
and governing quarantine, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 



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meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, sball be fined in any 
sum not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than 
ten nor more than ninety days, or both such fine and imprison- 
ment in the discretion of the court. 
Authorized to (16) § 7322. Sec. 16. The commission provided for in 
scms^an(?pur- this act shall have power to employ at the expense of the 
chase supplies, g^^^g such pcrsous and purchase such supplies and material 
as may be necessary to carry into full effect all orders by it 
given. 
May call upon (17) § 7323. Sec. 17. The commissioners shall have 
etc.fto^exe- power to Call upou any sheriff, under-sheriff, deputy sheriff, 
cute orders, or Constable to execute their orders, and such officers shall 
Compensation, obey the Orders of said commissioners, and the officers per- 
forming such duties shall receive compensation therefor as is 
prescribed by law for like services, and shall be paid therefor 
in like manner. And any officer may arrest and take before 
any justice of the peace of the count}^ any person found vio- 
lating any of the provisions of this act, and such officer shall 
immediately notify the prosecuting attorney of such arrest, 
and he shall prosecute the person so offending according to 
law. 

(18) § 7321. Sec. 18. Whenever the governor of the state 
shall have good reason to believe that any dangerous, con- 
tagious, or infectious disease has become epizootic in certain 
localities in other states, territories or countries, or that there 
are conditions which render such domestic animals from such 
infected districts liable to convey such disease, he shall by 
proclamation prohibit the importation of any live stock, of 
the kind diseased into the state, unless accompanied by a cer- 
tificate of health given by a duly authorized veterinary sur- 
geon ; and all such animals arriving in this state shall be ex- 
amined immediately by the commission or some member there- 
of, and if he or they deem necessary he or they shall have said 
animals inspected by the state veterinary surgeon, and if in 
his opinion there is any danger from contagion or infection, 
they shall be placed in close quarantine until such danger of 
infection or contagion is passed, when they shall be released 
by order of said commission or some member thereof. 

(19) § 7325. Sec. 19. For the purposes of this act each 
member of the live stock sanitary commission is hereby au- 
thorized and empoAvered to administer oaths and affirmations. 

(20) § 7326. Sec. 20. This commission is hereby author- 
ized and required to co-operate with any board or commission 
acting under any present or future act of congress for the 
suppression and prevention of contagious or infectious diseases 
among domestic animals, and the same right of entry, inspec- 
tion and condemnation of diseased animals upou private 
premises is granted to the United States board or commission 
as is granted to the commission granted under this act. 

(21) § 7327. Sec. 21. The commission shall make bien- 
nially a detailed report of its doings to the governor, which 



May arrest. 



Duty of 

prosecuting 

attorney. 



Governor to 
issue procla- 
mation pro- 
hibiting the 
importation 
of live stock, 
etc. 



To he ex- 
amined and 
Quarantined 



May admin 
ister oaths, 
etc. 



Required to 
co-operate 
with boards 
acting under 
act of con- 
gress. 



Authority of 
U. S. board. 

To report to 
the governor, 
etc. 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 13 

report shall be transmitted to the legislature at its regular 
biennial session. 

(22) § 7328. Sec. 22. This act shall be construed so as sheep and 
to include sheep and horses. cufded/"" 

(23) § 7329. Sec. 23. Any railroad companv, navigation Relative to 

^ '., ,- • 1 1 11 violation of 

company, or other corporation, or common carrier, who shall act by raii- 
knowingly, or wilfully violate, disregard, or evade any of the pan'ies?et"c. 
provisions of this act, or who shall wilfully violate, disregard, 
or evade any of the rules, regulations, orders, or directions of 
the live stock sanitary commission establishing or governing 
quarantine, or who shall evade, or attempt to evade any quar- 
antine proclamation of tlie governor of this state declaring 
quarantine limits, shall forfeit and pay to the people of the 
state of Michigan not less than five hundred dollars nor more 
than five thousand dollars, for each and every offense, and 
shall be liable for all damages caused to any neat cattle by 
its or his failure to comply with the requirements of this act. 

(24) § 7330. Sec 24. In case of tuberculous cattle. Appraisal 
whenever the commission shall direct the killing of such cattle, cattle.^ 
it shall be the duty of the commission to appraise the animal 

or animals condemned, the owner or owners thereof to receive 
fifty per cent of value of animals as though not diseased, but 
such sum in no case shall exceed the sum of fifty dollars for 
grade animals and one hundred dollars for registered thor- 
ough-bred animals : Provided, That the owner or owners of Proviso. 
slaughtered animals shall receive no compensation for the 
same unless the commission shall be satisfied that the premises 
have been kept in a sanitary condition, nor shall they receive 
com]>ensation until said sanitary commission is satisfied that 
the infected premises have been disinfected in such manner 
as to prevent the further spread of the disease. When the when com- 
state live stock sanitary commission, or a member thereof, "unTor'ize^^^ 
shall deem it expedient to have cattle that have reacted to the slaughter. 
tuberculin test slaughtered under federal inspection, or under 
the inspection of a competent veterinarian authorized by the 
state live stock sanitary commission, it shall have the power 
to order such slaughter. If the carcass of any such animal Proceeds to 

~ ^ owner 

shall pass the inspection without being condemned, the owner 
of the animal shall receive all proceeds secured from the sale 
of such carcass after payment for shipping, handling and 
slaughtering charges have been deducted, in addition to the 
above mentioned fifty per cent appraisal value. If the carcass 
of any such animal shall be condemned by the inspectors, 
the owner of the animal shall receive the proceeds of the 
sale of the hide, tallow, offal or any other proceeds from 
the sale of the carcass, after deducting the cost of handling, 
shipping and slaughtering, in addition to the above mentioned 
fifty per cent appraisal valuation : Provided, That in case Proviso. 
any animal is slaughtered and shows no signs of tubercular 
lesions, the owner thereof shall be paid full value for such 
animal, but such sum iii no case shall exceed seventy-five 
dollars. In such case, however, the carcass of said animal 



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shall be turned over to the live stock sanitary commission. 
The state live stock sanitary commission shall have i)ower to 
designate the places where suspected animals shall be slaugh- 
tered, and also to employ a competent inspector to examine 
the carcasses of slaughtered animals. 



Am. 1917. Act 127. 



'Certificate to 
accompany 
imported 
•cattle. 



What to show. 



Certificate of 
inspection, to 
be prepared 
in triplicate. 



(251 



7331. Sec. 25. The importation of cattle into the 



Expen.se. 



Provisions, 
how applied. 



Selling of 
mallein, etc. 



Outbreak of 
hog cholera. 



Appointment 
of live stock 
sanitary agent, 



Proviso, 
nomination 
for appoint- 
ment. 



Term of 
office. 

Powers. 

Compensation, 



state for breeding or dairy purposes is hereby prohibited, 
excepting when such cattle are accompanied by a certificate 
of inspection made by a duly qualified veterinary surgeon, who 
is a graduate of a recognized veterinary college in the United 
States, Canada or Europe. Such certificate shall show that 
at the time of said inspection and within sixty days prior to 
shipment said cattle had been subjected to tuberculin test and 
were free from tuberculosis. Duly certified certificates of in- 
spection, giving in full the temperature records of the tuber 
culiii test, must be prepared in triplicate, one of which is 
furnished the shipper, one furnished the transportation com- 
pany hauling the cattle, and one forwarded immediately to 
the president of the state live stock sanitary commission. 
Tlie exi)ense of such inspection and certificate shall be paid 
by the owner of the cattle. 

' (2r.) § 7332. Sec. 20. The provisions of this act shall not 
apply to persons transferring cattle through the state on 
cars to points beyond the state, or to persons living near the 
state line and owning land in adjoining states, and who ma}' 
drive said cattle to and from said land for i)asturage. 

(27 j § 7333. Sec. 27. It shall be required of all indi- 
viduals or firms who sell mallein or tuberculin to any resident 
of the state of Michigan to report such sale immediately to 
the state veterinarian, including the date of sale, name and 
address of parties to Avhom sold, and the amount of such 
sale. 

(28) § 7334. Sec. 28. In case of an outbreak of hog- 
cholera in any county in this state, the state live stock sani- 
tary commission shall be immediately notified of the same 
by the county agent hereinafter provided for. It shall be the 
duty of the board of supervisors of each county to appoint 
some competent person to be known as the "live stock sanitary 
agent" for such county : Provided, Such appointment shall 
be upon the nomination of the state live stock sanitary com- 
mission, and to this end the commission shall submit to such 
board a list of at least three names from which list said ap- 
pointment shall be made. Said county agent shall hold office 
until the appointment of his successor and shall be vested 
with all necessary power to carry out the provisions of this 
act, under the direction of the state live stock sanitary com- 
mission. Such county agent shall receive such compensation 
as the board of supervisors may determine, which compensa- 
tion shall in no case be less than three dollars nor more than 
five dollars per diem for time actually spent in the perform- 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 15 

ance of his official duties, togetlier witli all actual and neces- Expenses. 
san' expenses incurred in connection tliercAvitb, such com- 
pensation and expenses to be paid from the contingent fund 
of such county upon approval thereof by the board of super- 
visors or board of county auditors: Provided, That in coun- Proviso, who 
ties having a county agricultural agent or farm commis- "genr'' ^^ 
sioner as provided by act number sixty-seven of the public 
^ acts of nineteen hundred thirteen, or any similar act here- 
tofore or hereafter passed by the legislature, such agent or 
commissioner shall assume the duties of the live stock sani- 
tary agent as enumerated in this act and no such appoint- 
ment shall be made by the board of supervisors. The live Annual report 
stock sanitary agent herein provided for shall each year make °^ ''^*^"'- 
a report in duplicate, one copy of which shall be filed with 
tlie board of supervisors and one copy with the state live stock 
sanitary commission, giving in detail all matters connected 
with liis work as such agent for the preceding year. In when per 
counties in whicli the agricultural agent or farm commissioner flo^snlVto 
shall assume tlie duties of the county live stock sanitary agent, apply. 
the provisions of this section relative to the per diem com- 
pensation of such agent shall not apply. 

(29) § 7335. Sec. 29. From and after the taking effect Hog cholera 
of this act it shall not be lawful to use any hog cholera serum to^mak^^*' 
in tliis state, except that made by the state experiment station, 
agricultural college, or some serum manufacturing plant li- 
censed bv the United States bureau of animal industry. Such How may be 

■^ used 

serum may be iised or administered b}' any competent person, 
and the use of hog cliolera virus is prohibited in this state, 
except when used under the direction of the state veterinarian 
or a regular qualified veterinarian authorized by the state 
livestock sanitary commission or state veterinarian. All ex- Expense, 
pense connected with the purchase of such serum or virus ^°"^ borne, 
shall be borne by the owner or owners of such infected hogs: 
Provided, however. That the board of supervisors of any Proviso, ap- 
count}-, or the township board of any township, shall have the P^opriation. 
power to appropriate money to be expended for hog cholera 
serum for use, within their respective counties or townships. 

Am. 1917, Act 272. 

(30) § 7336. Sec. 30. In case of an outbreak of hog when herds 
cholera in any county in this state, and it is deemed best by slaughtered. 
the state live stock sanitary commission, or the county agent, 

to remove any infected, or exposed herd or herds from any 
portion of such county, such herd or herds may be loaded in 
a tight bottom rack and conveyed to the nearest railroad 
station and shipped to some abattoir where federal, state or 
municipal inspection is maintained, there to be slaughtered 
and disposed of, either as a food product or for other pur- 
poses as determined bv the inspecting authorities, and all Disposal of 

.. 1 ,. V T 1 J! • J' X 1 1 T „ sums realized. 

sums realized from such disposal of infected or exposed hogs, 
less the expense of killing, disposal and such inspection, shall 



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Proviso, 

freight 

charges. 



Further pro- 
viso, care of 
infected herds 



Further pro- 
viso, law not 
to apply. 



When hogs 
subject to live 
stock sanitary 
commission. 



Premises to 
be cleaned. 



Live stock 
sanitary com- 
mission to 
disinfect 
premises. 



Exnense. 



Importation 
of horses 
forbidden. 



Certificate 
of test. 



Copies of 
certificate. 



Expense. 



revert to the owner or owners of such herd or herds : Pro- 
vided, That all freight charges upon the shipment of such 
infected or exposed hogs to such abattoirs shall be borne by 
the state and allowed by the board of state auditors as other 
claims are allowed and paid : Provided further, That such 
infected or exposed herd or herds shall not be allowed, dur- 
ing conveyance or shipment, to mingle Avith other hogs or 
cattle, nor be permitted to enter any loading yards main- 
tained for the shipment of live stock at the place of embarka- 
tion and destination : Provided further, That in cases of the 
shipment of infected or exposed hogs under the provisions of 
this act, section four of act number seventy of the public acts 
of eighteen hundred seventy-seven shall not apply. 

(31) § 7337. Sec. 31. In case it shall not be deemed ex- 
pedient by the state live stock sanitary commission, or the 
county agent, to permit the shipment of such infected or ex- 
posed hogs, as provided in the foregoing section, then all such 
hogs shall be subject to the provisions of this act relative to 
the powers and duties of the state live stock sanitary com- 
mission in connection with other contagious or infectious 
diseases of live stock. 

(32) § 7338. Sec. 32. It shall be the duty of the owner 
or owners of any premises from which such infected or ex- 
posed hogs may have been shipped or otherwise disposed of, 
to thoroughly clean all yards, pens or other enclosures in 
which such hogs may have been kept, and to place the same 
in proper condition for disinfection by the state live stock 
sanitary commission, or the county agent, as hereinafter 
provided. Immediately upon notification by the owner or 
owners of such premises that said premises have been cleaned 
and put in such condition, it shall be the duty of the state 
live stock sanitary commission, or the county agent, to pro- 
ceed to such premises and thoroughly disinfect the same, using 
therefor such equipment as the commission or the agent shall 
deem best. All expense of such disinfection shall be borne 
by the state and payable as are other expenses of the state 
live stock sanitarv commission. 

(33) § 7339. ' Sec. 29. It shall be unlawful to import 
horses into this state for au}^ purpose except when such horses 
shall have been subjected to the mallein test by or under the 
direction of a graduate of some recognized veterinary college. 
A certificate shall accompany such horses and shall show 
the time and manner of making such test, the results thereof 
and the manner in which said test was conducted. It shall 
further state that at the time of the inspection, which shall 
not be more than sixty days prior to the importation, such 
horses were free from any contagious or infectious disease. 
Certified copies of such certificate shall be prepared in tripli- 
cate, one for the use of the shipper, one for the transportation 
company and the third shall be forwarded immediately to the 
president of the state live stock sanitary commission. The 
expense of procuring the inspection, testing and certificate 



not to apply. 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 17 

aforesaid shall be paid by the person seeking to import such 
horses into this state : Provided, That the provisions of this PfO'^J^so-^^ct 
section shall not apply to the shipment of horses on cars 
through the state to points beyond where there is a continuous 
passage; nor to persons living in this state and owning land 
in an adjoining state who may take their horses across the 
state line for pasturage or in connection with the working of 
such land. 

Act No. 19, P. A. 1915, approved March 17, and given immediate effect, 
added sections 29, 30, 31 and 32 to this act; Act No. 66, P. A. 1915, ap- 
proved April 21, and given immediate effect, added the above section, which 
doubtless should have been numbered 33. 



YARDING AND FEEDING TEXAS CATTLE. 

An Act to regulate and provide for the carrying, yarding and feed- 
ing of so-called Texas cattle while in transit into or across this 
state between the first day of April and the first day of November 
of each year. 

[Art 198. P. A. 1S85.] 

The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(34) § 73-10. Section 1. That it shall not be lawful to Transporta- 
Iransport any neat cattle into or across this state, yard or et'^"'(^f^cer"^' 
feed the, same, that have been reared or kept south of the tain cattle, 
thirty-sixth parallel of north latitude, and that have not sub- "" ^^^" ' 
sequently been kept continuously at least one winter north 

of said parallel, and which may be brought within the limits 
of this state between the first day of April and the first day of 
November, following, except in the manner hereafter provided. 

(35) § 7341. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of all railroad Duty of rail- 
companies doing business in this state to receive and trans- porting cer- 
port while in tliis state, the class of cattle mentioned in sec- ^^'" cattle. 
tion one, only in cars that are branded or lettered legibly 

and distinctly and in plain view, the words '-for the transpor- 
tation of Texas cattle only;" and they shall not permit or 
allow any other class of cattle to enter those cars between 
the first day of April and the first day of November follow- 
ing: Provided, That cattle coming from other states for Proviso. 
transportation through this state when it is impossible to 
ascertain where they came from may be shipped in such cars, 
but shall be treated in all respects as coming from the 
country south of the thirty-sixth parallel of north latitude. 

(36) § 7342. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of any rail- care of cer- 
road company, stock yard company, or private individual sfock yards'!'^ 
owning and operating any stock yard in this state, to re- 
ceive and feed the class of cattle mentioned in section one 

only in yards separate and apart from yards used for the 



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Location of 
such yards. 



Entrance 
sign. 



Penalty for 
violatiop. 



Fine. 

Liability for 
damages. 



Certain viola- 
tion a misde- 
meanor. 



Punishment. 



feeding or yarding of other cattle; and these yards shall 
be in the immediate vicinity and contiguous to a railroad 
side track so that these cattle may not pass over any open 
common that might be crossed by other cattle; and said yards 
shall have a sign posted at each entrance thereto, on which 
shall be plainly lettered ''for the yarding of Texas cattle 
only," and no other cattle shall be admitted to these yards 
between the first day of April and the first day of November 
of each year. 

(37) § 7343. Sec. 4. Any railroad company, stock yard 
company, or private individual owning any stock yard in 
this state, who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 
one and two of this act, shall forfeit and pay to the people 
of the state of Michigan not less than fifty dollars nor more 
than five hundred dollars for each and every such oft'ense, and 
sliall be liable for anj- and all damages caused to any neat 
cattle hj their failure to comply Avith the requirements of 
this act. 

(38) § 7344. Sec. 5. Any person or person [persons] 
who shall knowingly or wilfully place or attempt to place 
any neat cattle, or others than those mentioned in section 
one, in any car or yard provided for in section two or three 
of this act, and branded and lettered as therein provided for 
between the first day of April and the first day of November 
following, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on 
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars, 
nor more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less 
than ten days nor more than sixty days, or both such fine and 
imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



FOOT-ROT AMONG SHEEP. 

An Act to prevent the infection of foot-rot among sheep. 



[Act 166, P. A. 1S79.] 



Unlawful to 
allow or drive 
infected sheep 
on highway. 



Penalty. 



The People of the State of Micliigan enact: 

(39j § 7345. Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons to allow to run at large on, or to drive 
along any highway in this state between the first day of May 
and the first day of November of each year, any sheep known 
to be infected with the disease knoAvn as the foot-rot. 

(40) § 7346. Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating 
the provisions of the foregoing section, shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall pay a 
fine not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dol- 
lars, in the discretion of the court, in addition to the costs of 
prosecution ; and in case the fine imposed, and the costs of 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 19 



prosecution shall not be paid, the defendant shall be confined 
in the county jail not less than thirty days nor more than 
sixty days, in the discretion of the court. 



DISEASED SHEEP. 

An Act to prevent the importation, running at large and sale of dis- 
eased sheep. 

[Act 185, Laws of 1S63.] 

The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(41) § 7347. Section 1. That it shall not be lawful for Penalty for 
the OAvner of sheep, or any person having the same in charge, eTc^.^Vselsed 
knowingly to import or drive into this state sheep having any sbeep. 
contagious disease; and any person so offending shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by 

fine in any sum not less than fifty dollars, and in default of 
the payment thereof, by imprisonment in the county jail not 
more than three months. 

(42) § 7348. Sec. 2. That any person being the owner Penalty for 
of sheep, or having the same in charge, who shall turn out, lased"sheep'to 
or suffer any sheep having any contagious disease, knowing ^"° ^^ ^^^'^^e. 
the same to be so diseased to run at large upon any common, 
highwa}', or uninclosed lands, or who shall sell or dispose of 

any sheep, knowing the same to be so diseased, without first 
apprising the purchaser thereof of such disease, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by 
fine in any sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars, and in default of the payment thereof, by 
imprisonment in the county jail not more than three months. 

(43) § 7349. Sec. 3. IS'othing in this act shall be so Damages in 
construed as to prevent the recovery of damages, in civil ac- "^' ''*^*^°"' 
tions, against any person or persons who shall import or drive 

such diseased sheep into this state, or who shall allow such 
diseased sheep to run at large, or Avho shall sell such diseased 
sheep. 



REGULATIONS FOR SHIPMENT OF DRESSED MEAT. 

An Act to provide sanitary regulations for the shipment of dressed 
beef, calves, sheep and hogs, and to provide penalties for viola- 
tions. 

[Act 90, P. A. 1917.] 

The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(44) Section 1. Hereafter all dressed calves, sheep, hogs shaiibekept 
and beeves, or any portion of the same, when bein^ shipped ^ ®'^"' ^ ^' 
4 



20 



STATE OF MICHIGAN. 



Proviso. 



Penalty. 



Enforcement. 



or transported by freight or express, shall be kept in a clean 
and sanitary manner. Any carcass or any portion thereof, 
which shall be transported in any car, shall when practicable 
be hung in such car, during such transportation. Such car- 
cass, when tendered for shipment, shall be covered with clean 
covers of cloth of such texture as to exclude all dirt and 
dust: Provided, This shall not apply to carcasses shipped 
with the hides left on. 

(45) Sec. 2. Any person or persons, firm or corporation, 
violating any of the provisions of this act, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall 
be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or 
by imprisonment for a term of not more than three months, 
or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of 
the court. 

(46) Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the state dairy and 
food commissioner to enforce the provisions of this act. 



FEEDING OF UNWHOLESOME FLESH TO ANIMALS OR FOWLS. 

An Act to regulate, prevent and punish the feeding of the flesh of 
old, decrepit, infirm, sick or diseased animals and unwholesome 
offal to animals or fovv^ls, and provide a penalty for the violation 
thereof. 

[Act 179, P. A. 1913.] 



Offal, etc., un- 
lawful to feed 
to animals, 
etc. 



Misdemeanor, 
penalty. 



The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(47) § 15156. Section 1. No person shall feed to ani- 
mals or fowls the flesh of an animal which has become old, 
decrepit, infirm or sick, or which has died from such cause, 
or offal or flesh that is putrid or unwholesome. 

(48) § 15157. Sec. 2. Whoever shall do any of the acts 
or things prohibited by this act, or in any way violates any 
of its provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred 
dollars and the costs of prosecution, or by imprisonment in 
the county jail not more than ninety days, or by both such fine 
and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 21 



PASTEURIZING BY-PRODUCTS OF CHEESE FACTORIES, ETC. 

An Act to provide for pasteurizing the by-products of cheese factories, 
creameries, skimming stations and other places where milk is re- 
ceived and distributed. 

[Act 93, P. A. 1915.] 

Tlie People of the State of MicJiigan enact: 

(49) § 6333. Section 1. Every owner, operator or man- By-products 
ixger of a cheese factory, creamery, skimming station or other leurfzed^" 
place where milk is received and the b^-products distributed, 

shall, before returning to or delivering to any person or per- 
sons any skim milk, whey, buttermilk, or other milk by- 
products to be used for feeding purposes for farm animals, 
cause such skim milk, whey, buttermilk, or other milk by- 
products to be thorouglily pasteurized by heating the same to 
one hundred forty-five degrees Fahrenheit and holding at that 
temperature for not less than thirty minutes or to one hundred 
■eighty-five degrees without holding: Provided, That the pro- Proviso, when 
visions of this act shall not apply to cheese factories or cream- appiy.^ ^° 
€ries that pasteurize the milk or cream prior to manufacture. 

(50) § 6334. Sec. 2. Whoever violates any of the pro- Penalty. 
visions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

^nd on conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more 
than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county 
jail for not exceeding ninety days, or both, in the discretion 
of the court. 



HORSES AND MULES PERMANENTLY UNFIT FOR WORK. 

An Act relative to the use, sale, trading and disposition of horses and 
mules permanently unfit for work, and to provide a penalty for the 
violation thereof. 

[Act 354, P. A. 1913.] 

The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(51) § 15546. Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any unlawful sale 
person to offer for sale or sell or trade any horse or mule whicli "'' ''"'"^^■ 

by reason of debility, disease, lameness, injury, or for any 
other cause is permanently unfit for work, except to a person 
or corporation operating a horse hospital, animal retreat 
farm, or other institution or place designed or maintained 
for the humane keeping, treatment or killing of horses, mules 
or other live stock. 

(52) S 15547. Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person when uniaw- 

\ , , . . -, 1 • 1 , T 4. ful to drive, 

to lead, drive or ride any such animal on any public way for etc. 
any purpose, except that of conveying any such animal to a 



STATE OF MICHIGAN. 



proper place for its humane keeping, or killing or for medical 
or surgical treatment, any horse or mule which, by reason of 
debility, disease, lameness or injur}-, or for other cause is per- 
manentl}' unlit for work. 
Penalty. (53) § 15548. Sec. 3. An J person yiolating any pro- 

yision of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and on being conyicted thereof before any justice of the peace 
or police justice shall be lined in a sum not less than ten 
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for 
not more than three months in the county jail or Detroit 
house of correction. 



BRANDING LIVE STOCK. 



An Act to provide for marking and branding live stock. 



[Act 122, P. .\. 1883.] 



Owners may 
adopt brand, 
etc. 



To be 
recorded. 



Proviso. 



Duties of 
county clerlis 
in recording. 



Fee for. 

Penalty for 
changing, etc. 
brand. 



The People of the State of Mlcliigan enact: 

(54) § 7350. Section 1. That eyery person who has cat- 
tle, horses, hogs, sheep, goats, or mij other domestic animals, 
may adopt an ear mark or brand, which ear mark or brancl 
may be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county 
where such cattle, horses, hogs, sheep, goats, or other domestic 
animals shall be: Proyided, That the mark or brand so 
adopted and recorded shall be different from all other marks 
or brands, adopted and recorded in such county. 

(55) § 7351. Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the county 
clerks of the several counties of this state, to keep a book in 
which they shall record the mark or brand adopted by each 
person who may apply to them for that purpose, for which 
they shall be entitled to demand and receiye twenty-fiye cents. 

(5G) § 7352. Sec. 3. If any person shall mark or brand, 
or alter or deface the mark or brand of any horse, mare, colt, 
jack, jenny, jennet, mule, or any one or more head of neat 
cattle or sheep, goat, hog, shoat, pig, or other domestic animal, 
the property of another, with intent thereby to steal the same, 
or to prevent identification thereof by the true owner, he shall 
be deemed guilty of felonj', and shall be punished by imprison- 
ment at hard labor in the state prison, not to exceed two years, 
or by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or both, in 
the discretion of the court. 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 23 



PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 

An Act to protect the title and to regulate the practice of veterinary 
medicine, dentistry and surgery, and the vaiious branches thereof 
in this state; to provide for a state veterinary board and to fix its 
duties; to make provisions for those now engaged in practicing 
veterinary medicine, dentistry and surgery; to permit undergradu- 
ates to practice under certain conditions; to provide for reciprocity 
with other states and provinces; to prescribe penalties for the 
violation thereof; and to repeal all inconsistent acts. 

[Act 244, p. A. 1907.] 

The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(57) § G813. Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any per- veterinarians 
son to engage or attempt to engage in the practice of vet- ^gj-ed "^^^'^ 
erinary medicine, dentistry or surgery, in any of its various 
branches, unless he shall comply with the provisions of this 

act and be duly registered by the state veterinary board in 

the manner hereinafter provided : Provided, That the pro- Proviso, act 

visions of this act shall not be governing or apply to dehorning ™* *° apply. 

of cattle and ordinary animal castration, except castration 

of horses. 

(58) § 6814. Sec. 2. The members of the state veterinary state veterin- 
board appointed pursuant to act two hundred forty-four of ^ry board. 
the public acts of nineteen hundred seven shall constitute the 

state veterinary board. Said board shall hereafter consist of Qualifications. 
three members who are required to be residents of Michigan 
and citizens of the United States, and must also be regularly 
registered graduates of some college giving instruction in 
veterinary medicine, dentistry and surgery. No member of 
said board shall be connected with the faculty of any such 
college. On or before the first day of April of each year. Appointment. 
it shall be the duty of the governor to appoint a member of 
said boai-d to succee(> that member whose term then expires 
in accordance with his original appointment, and any va- 
cancies that may occur shall be filled by appointment of the 
governor for the balance of the unexi)ired term. In no case Experience. 
shall au}^ person be appointed as a member of said board 
who has not at least three years experience in the practice 
of his profession. Each member regularly appointed shall Term of 
hold office for three years and until his successor is appointed °®^®' 
and qualified : Provided, That none of the provisions of Proviso, 
this act shall in any manner interfere with the present tenure fenu^e* 
of office of the members of said board heretofore appointed. 

(59) § 0815. Sec. 3. Said veterinary board shall hold an Annual 
annual meeting at Lansing on the first Tuesday after the first meeting. 
Monday in February of each year, at which time said board 
shall organize by electing a president,- a secretary and a 
treasurer. Other meetings shall be held quarterly at such otj^^r^^^ 
times and places as the board shall fix by resolution. The Jofid ^f ' 
treasurer so chosen shall give bond to the people of the state of treasurer. 



24 



STATE OF MICHIGAN. 



Annual report 



List of 
colleges. 



Temporary 
permit. 



Effect of 
permit. 



Expiration. 

List of 
permits. 



Unlawful use 
of degree or 
title. 



Unlawful 
practice. 



Conditions of 
registration. 



Examination. 



Michigan conditioned for the faithful performance of the 
duties of his office, in such amount and with sureties to be 
approved by the board. At the end of each fiscal year, said 
board shall make a report to the governor, which report shall 
contain a full and complete statement of the official acts of 
the board with an itemized account of all moneys received 
and paid out. It shall be the duty of the members of said 
board during each year to assist its secretary in compiling a 
list of such colleges as have a curriculum of not less than three 
years of six mouths each which have the authority to confer 
the degree of doctor of veterinary medicine, doctor of veteri- 
nary science, doctor of comparative medicine, or veterinary 
surgeon. It shall be the duty of the secretary of said board to 
issue to any graduate of one of such colleges who may apply 
therefor a temporary permit to allow such applicant to prac- 
tice until the next regular meeting of the board. Such tem- 
porary permit shall stand in lieu of a regular license during 
the time that it is in force and shall allow the holder thereof 
to exercise such privileges as a regularly registered and 
licensed practitioner of veterinary medicine, surgery and den- 
tistry may exercise. Such permit shall expire on the day of 
the next regular meeting of the board. It shall be the duty 
of the secretary to keep on file in his office a list of all persons, 
with Their respective addresses, to whom temporary permits 
may be issued. 

(60) § 6816. Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person 
who is not a graduate of any college giving instruction in 
Veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry with a curriculum 
of not less than three jears of six months each to use any 
college degree, or professional title or abbreviation in connec- 
tion with his name which might be calculated to cause the 
public to believe that such person is a graduate as aforesaid 
and licensed under the terms of tliis act. 

(61) § 6817. Sec. 5. From and after the passage of this 
act it shall be unlawful for any person to practice veterinary 
medicine, surgery or dentistry or any of the various orancties 
thereof unless such person shall be duly registered and li- 
censed by the state veterinary board as herein provided. 
No person shall be registered by said board unless and until 
he shall take and pass in a satisfactory manner such ex- 
amination as may be required by the state veterinary board 
and shall furnish satisfactory proof of his identity. No person 
shall be eligible to take the examination herein provided for 
unless he has completed a course of study in a regular veteri- 
nary college having a curriculum of not less than three years 
of six months each and which shall require the personal attendT 
ance of its pupils, and shall have received a diploma from said 
college. The examination shall be upon such subjects as 
may be prescribed by the state veterinary board and an 
average percentage of not less than seventy-five per cent with 
a standing of not less than fifty per cent in any subject shall 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 25^ 

be required. The examination shall be granted to applicants when held. 
entitled to take the same at the time of the annnal meeting 
of the board on the first Tnesday after the first Monday in 
February. Said board may make all necessary and reasonable 
rules for the conduct of the examination : Provided, That Proviso, 
the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to apply uceifses. 
to those persons who are duly licensed under the laws of this 
state to practice veterinary medicine or surgery, and the 
various branches thereof at the time this amenclment becomes 
operative, it being the intention hereof to allow such licensees 
to continue in the practice of their profession. A fee of ten Examination 
dollars shall be paid by each applicant for examination and 
registration, and any such applicant who fails to pass the 
examination may be permitted to take the next following 
examination without the payment of an additional fee upon 
furnishing satisfactory evidence to the board that he has 
taken work to prepare himself for such re-examination and Re-examina- 
for the practice of the profession. 

The requirements of this act, that an applicant for registration as a veterin- 
arian shall be a graduate of a state institution having a curriculum of at 
least three sessions of six months each, are not met by an applicant who ob- 
tained a diploma in a state institution which had adopted snch a curriculum, 
the applicant having taken a two years' course with equivalent studies. — Fol- 
som V. State Veterinary Board, 158 / 277. 

(62) § 6818. Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person whenun- 
in this state to perform the following named surgical opera- |feTfonn° 
tions upon animals Avithout first administering either local or certain 
general anaesthesia : The emasculation of hermaphrodites, ^^^^^ ^°°^' 
the emasculation of mares and female dogs, the operation of 
fistulous wethers and poll-evil, lithotomy and all forms of 
neurectomy, the Caesarean operation, the operation for um- 
bilical and scrotal hernia and the operation for wind-broken 
horses called larj^ngio crycorectomy. 

(63) § 6819. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the secretary secretary to 
of the state veterinary board to keep a proper book or books in ^eep books. 
which shall be entered the names and addresses of all per- 
sons in this state who shall be registered and licensed to 
practice veterinary medicine, surgery, or dentistry in any of 

its branches. Allfees received by said secretary shall be im- To^tumover 
mediately turned over by him to the treasurer who shall 
pay the same into the general fund in the state treasury. A certificate of 
suitable certificate of registration shall be furnished by the registration. 
state veterinary board to each person entitled thereto, which 
said certificate shall be conspicuously displayed in the oflflce 
of the applicant and shall be evidence that such person is 
entitled to practice veterinary medicine, surgery and den- 
tistry in all of the various branches thereof. 

(64) § 6820. Sec. 8. The members of the state veterinary compensation 
board shall not be entitled to receive any salary, fee, or com- °^ ^*^^^'^- 
pensation for their services as such members, except that the 
secretary shall receive such compensation as the board shall 



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STATE OF MICHIGAN. 



Expenses of 
board, how 
paid. 



Students, 
when certain 
may practice. 



Michigan to 
reciprocate 
with other 
states. 



Veterinarians 
living in ad- 
joining states. 



License 
granted on 
certain 
conditions. 



Penalty for 
violations. 



Complaints 
of violations, 
how made. 



determine, not to exceed fifty dollars per annum. The ex- 
penses of such members actually and necessarily incurred in 
the performance of official duties shall be paicf by the state 
treasurer upon the warrant of the auditor general out of any 
money in the general fund not otherwise appropriated. 

(65) § 6821. Sec. 9. Any student having attended a rec- 
ognized veterinary college for six months may, upon the pre- 
sentation of a certificate of attendance, bearing the college 
seal, be allowed to practice in the office of and under the in- 
structions of any registered veterinary surgeon in this state to 
whom he may apply during one summer vacation, or until 
October following the date of his certificate of attendance 
and no longer, nor elsewhere as an under graduate. 

(66) § 6822. Sec. 10. Michigan shall reciprocate with 
other states and provinces in an interstate recognition and 
exchange of licenses upon a basis of equality of educational 
standard and mutual recognition, which standard shall not 
be lower than required by the provisions of this act. 

(67) § 6823. Sec. 11. Veterinarians living near the bor- 
der line of Michigan, in an adjoining state or province, and 
wishing to practice in this state, shall, before doing so, apply 
to and receive from the state veterinary board a certificate of 
registration. The state veterinary board shall grant such li- 
cense and issue a certificate upon the payment of the pre- 
scribed fees, provided the applicant's educational attainment 
shall conform to the requirements of the provisions of this 
act, and the said state or province shall grant a like reci- 
procity to veterinarians of this state. 

(68) § 6824. Sec. 12. Any person violating any of the 
provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and shall, upon conviction, be punished for the first offense 
by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and 
for each subsequent offense shall be jtunished by a fine of 
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars or be confined in the county jail for not less than 
thirty nor more than ninety days, or by both such fine and 
imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 

(69) § 6825. Sec. 13. Complaints for a violation of this 
act shall be made to the prosecuting attorney or humane agent 
of the county in which the offense is committed and the method 
of procedure shall be the same as in other criminal cases. 

Sec. 14 repeals inconsistent or contravening acts. 



Revocation 
of license. 



Notice of 
hearing. 



(70) § 6827. Sec. 15. Any license heretofore or hereafter 
granted under the provisions of this act may be revoked by 
the state veterinary board after proper notice and hearing, 
if the holder thereof shall violate any of the provisions of this 
act. Eeasonable notice of the time and place of such hearing 
shall be served on the person whose license it is proposed to 
revoke and proper opportunity shall be given to him to be 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 27 



heard in his defense : Provided, That the license of any per- Proviso, con- 
son who has been convicted before a court of competent juris- court" ^^ 
diction of any violation of this act may be revoked by said 
board without notice or hearing upon filing with said board 
a certified copy of the record of such conviction. Any license Fraudulent 
procured by fraud or by false and untrue statements or af- ^'''^'^^®- 
fidavits may be likewise revoked. Any person procuring Penalty, 
registration by fraudulent means shall be deemed to be guilty 
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof may be pun- 
ished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by 
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, 
or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the 
court. Any person making a false alfidavit shall be deemed ^^^ise 
guilty of perjury and liable to be prosecuted and punished 
accordingly : Provided further, That the license of any person Further pro- 
claiming the right to practice veterinary medicine, surgery pi^tency^"'" 
or dentistry may be revoked by said board upon satisfactory 
proof that such person is incompetent by reason of his habits, 
or otherwise, to practice the profession. Any such licensee Fraud deemed 

incomp6t6ncv 

who practices a fraud upon the public or upon any person by 
claiming to be able to cure incurable diseases of animals shall 
be deemed to be incompetent to practice the profession within 
the meaning of this section. 



REGISTRATION OF STALLIONS. 

An Act to encourage the breeding of horses; to regulate the public 
service of stallions; to require the registration of stallions, and 
to provide for the enforcement thereof. 

[Act 2.jG, p. a. 1911.] 

The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(11) § 14881. Section'1. Every person, firm, association staiiion to be 
or company using or offering for use for public service any ^^^° ^^^' 
stallion in this state shall cause the name, description and 
pedigree of such stallion to be enrolled by the state veterinary 
board and shall procure a certificate of such enrollment from 
said board. The word "stallion" wherever used in this act stallion and 
shall be construed to include "jack." The word mare whenever 
used in this act shall be construed to include "jenny." 

(72) § 14882. Sec. 2. In order to obtain the license car- License, how 
tificate hereinafter provided for, the owner of such stallions" 
shall forward the stud book, certificate of registration, and 
any other documents that may be necessary to define and 
describe said stallion, his breeding and ownership, to the 
state veterinar}' board. The officers of said board, whose 
duties it shall be to examine and pass upon the merits of such 



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STATE OF MICHIGAN. 



Standard. 



Certificate. 



Bills or 
posters, 
•contents. 



Advertise- 
ments. 



Enrollment 
certificates. 



Form. 



Grade. 



Mongrel or 
scrub. 



Fee for 
enrollment. 



Expiration of 
certificate. 



Use of 
unlicensed 
stallion. 
Proviso, act 
not to apply. 

Annual fee. 



pedigree submitted, sliall use as their standard of action the 
stud books and signatures of the duly authorized officers of 
the various pedigree registration associations, societies or com- 
panies recognized hj the state veterinary board. Upon verifi- 
cation of pedigree or certificate of breeding, a license cer- 
tificate shall be issued to the owner by the state veterinary 
board, copies of which certificates said owner shall post and 
keep affixed during the entire breeding season in a conspicuous 
place both within and upon the outside of every building 
where such stallion is kept for public service. 

(73) § 14883. Sec. 3. Every bill or poster issued by the 
owner of any stallion licensed under the provisions of this act, 
or used by him or his agent for the purpose of advertising such 
stallion, shall contain a copy of the certificate of enrollment 
of such stallion, and said bills or posters shall not contain 
illustrations, reference to pedigree or other statements that 
are untruthful or misleading. Reference to such stallions 
in newspapers, stock papers and other advertising medium 
shall contain the name of such stallion, number of certificate 
of enrollment, and shall designate in letters not smaller than 
pica the true breeding of such stallion as given in said certi- 
ficate of enrollment. 

(74) § 14884. Sec. 4. The state veterinary board shall 
issue enrollment certificates which shall state the true breed- 
ing of such stallion licensed under this act. Such enrollment 
certificate shall be in -a form designated by the board and said 
form shall be such as to show the true breeding of the stallions 
enrolled. Any stallion, the sire or dam of which is pure bred 
and recorded in a stud book recognized by the state veteri- 
nary board, shall be designated as a ''grade". Any stallion of 
which neither the sire nor dam is of pure breeding, nor 
recorded in a stud book recognized by the state veterinary 
board shall be designated as a mongrel or ''scrub." After 
January first, nineteen hundred seventeen, no certificate of 
such enrollment shall be issued by the state veterinary board 
for any stallion designated as a "grade" or mongrel or "scrub," 
excepting for the enrollment of such stallion as shall have 
been enrolled prior to that date. 

(75) § 14885. Sec. 5. A fee of three dollars shall be paid 
at the time of the first application for a certificate of enroll- 
ment to the secretary of the state veterinar}^ board, for the 
examination and enrollment of such pedigree, and the issuance 
of a certificate of enrollment of the breeding of such stallion 
as above provided-. Enrollment certificates shall expire Jan- 
uary first of each year, and renewal of same must be made 
prior to March fifteenth, following such expiration. It shall 
be a violation of this act to offer or use any stallion for public 
service, unless licensed by said board: Provided, That this 
act shall not apply to grade stallions standing at owner's 
premises and not advertised for service. A fee of one dollar 
shall be paid annually at the time of application for such 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 29 

renewal. Upon the transfer of ownership of any stallion en- Transfer of 
rolled under the provisions of this act, the certificate of en- ""^""^^^^^p- 
rollment must be transferred to the transferee by the state 
veterinary board upon submittal of satisfactory proof of 
such transfer, and upon the payment of the fee of one dol- Fee. 
lar. In case of death of any stallion enrolled under this act, Death of 
owner of same shall immediately inform the secretary oi '^ 
the state veterinary board. All fees received by the state Disposition 
veterinary board under the provisions of this act sliall be ° 
paid into the state treasury to be credited to the general fund. 

(76) § 148S0. Sec. 6. In addition to the powers of the state 
state veterinary board as prescribed by act number two huu- boaM^power 
dred forty-four of the public acts of nineteen hundred seven, °*- 
as amended by act number one hundred forty-three of the 
public acts of nineteen hundred nine, said board is hereby 
iiuthorized to provide for official examination of pedigrees and 
certificates of breeding and ownership, to issue license certifi- 
cates for stallions enrolled under this act, to compile and pub- 
lish statistics relative to horse breeding in Michigan and other 
information of value to the horse breeders of this state, and 
to incur such other reasonable expenses as may be necessary 
to carry out and enforce the provisions of this act. All bills Expense. 
incurred and authorized by said board shall, when approved 
by a majority of its members, be allowed by the board of state 
auditors and paid out of the general fund of the state treasury. 

(77 1 § 14:887. Sec. 7. Every stallion brought into this Foreign 
state from another state or from a foreign country to be ^^'^^^*°'^^- 
ofl'ered for sale or for public service shall, before any such 
sale or use is made, be examined by the state veterinary board 
or its regularly appointed representative, and certified by said 
board or its representative that said stallion is free from 
liereditary, contagious or transmissible unsoundness or dis- 
ease and is of good conformation and breed type and suitable 
to improve the horse stock of the state. 

(78 I § 14888. Sec. 8. Any person, firm, company or asso- Penalty. 
ciation violating any of the provisions of this act shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall upon conviction 
thereof be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dol- 
lars nor more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
in the county jail not more than thirty days, or by both such 
iine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 

(79) § 14881). Sec. 9. Having complied Avith the pro- Lien for 
visions of this act, the owner of any stallion shall have a lieu ^^"'^^®- 
for the sum stipulated to be paid for the service thereof, upon 
the mare served by any such stallion in breeding thereof, and 
upon the otfspring of such stallion by filing at an}" time 
within eighteen months after the date of service, a statement statement of 

^iccoiitiL etc 

■of the account thereof, together with a description as to color, 
and white markings of the female served, and the name of 
the owner at the date of service, in the office of the township 
clerk wherein the owner of said female resided at the time 



30 



STATE OF MICHIGAN. 



Term of lien. 



Sale of mare 
or foal. 



Enforcement 
of lien. 



of service. iSiieli lien shall exist for a period of one year from 
the date of foaling of said colt, or if credit is given, from the 
expiration of the credit, and shall have priority over all other 
liens and encumbrances upon the ofl'spring. Neither the mare 
nor the foal shall be sold within eighteen months after the 
date of service, nnless the service fee shall be paid, unless such 
sale shall be agreed to and approved in writing by the owner 
of the stallion at the time of the sale or transfer of the mare 
or foal. At any time after the offspring shall have been foaled, 
any person having snch lien may enforce the same by the same 
proceedings and in the same manner as is provided by sections 
ten thousand seven hundred fortj'-nine, ten thousand seven 
hundred fifty, ten thousand seven hundred fifty-one and ten 
thousand seven hundred fifty-two of the compiled laws of 
eighteen hundred ninety-seven. 



LICENSING AND REGISTRATION OF DOGS. 

An Act regulating the ownership and custody of dogs, providing for 
license and registration thereof, and the disposition of moneys 
received from license fees, and prescribing penalties for violation 
of this act, and to repeal act number forty-eight of the Public Acts 
of nineteen hundred one, and all amendments thereto. 

[Act n47, p. A. 1917.] 



Dogs, con- 
finement, 
etc. 



Registration 
tag. 



Tax. 



The People of the State of Michigan enact: 

(SO) Section 1. It shall I)e the duty of the owner of any 
dog or dogs, to keep the same confined to the limits of his or 
her own premises or the premises to Avhich such dog or dogs 
regularly belong, in such manner as to make escape impos- 
sible, except when accompanied by the owner, caretaker or 
custodian of such dog or dogs, or when wearing a tag as 
hereinafter provided. 

(81) Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of each owner of any 
dog over four months of age, on or before the first day of 
February of each year, to secure from the clerk of the village 
or township in which he or she may reside, a metal registration 
tag showing the name of the township or village and license 
year and the clerk's registration number thereon, and such 
tag or device shall be securely fastened to the collar of the 
dog and constantly worn by such dog. The clerk of the vil- 
lage or township shall keep a registration book for such pur- 
pose and enter therein the name of the owner and the num- 
ber of each tag ajjplied for, together with a description of 
each dog so licensed. The owner shall pay to the clerk the 
sum of two dollars for each male dog and each spayed fe- 
male dog (when a certificate of a veterinary surgeon that such 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 31 

female dog lias been spayed is presented to such clerk), and 

the sum of live dollars for each unspayed female dog for 

each tag issued : Provided, however, That in the case of dogs Proviso. 

kept solely for breeding purposes, and confined in kennels, p[frpoies. 

the fee shall be one dollar for each male dog and two dollars 

for each female dog so kept. The money so collected shall disposition 

be deposited by monthly returns with the township treasurer ^ '"°"®y^- 

as a special fund for the payment of danmges and expenses 

caused by dogs to livestock in each township, as hereinafter 

I>rovided, excepting that no part of such fund shall be paid 

out for damages done by dogs suffering from rabies, except 

it has been determined by the state live stock sanitarj' 

commission that such live stock is affected with rabies, and 

the justice of the peace authorized to make the appraisement 

is so notified. 

(82) Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the state live stock Purchase of 
sanitary commission to purchase in the month of December of ^^^^' ^^^' 
each year, and from time to time thereafter as may be neces- 
sary, a sufficient number of tags for the State of Michigan, 
which tags shall be purchased from such commission by the 
clerk of each townshij) or village within the state as the same 
may be needed to comply with the provisions of this act. Such 
tags shall be sold at cost to the said clerks of the said town- 
ships and villages. The state treasurer is hereby authorized 
to advance to the said commission out of the general fund of 
the State such sum of money as may be necessary from time 
to time to pay for the tags so purchased, which sum shall be 
repaid to the state treasurer from the moneys collected from 
the township clerks in payment for the tags. The said clerks 
shall pay for the tags so purchased out of the license money 
fund in the same manner as other contingent expenses are 
paid. The said commission is hereby authorized to extend 
thirty days' credit to any township or village clerk for tags 
purcliased. The said tags purchased shall be uniform in size size, design, 
and design for each year, and the said commission shall ^^^" 
change the design each year in such nuiuner as to prevent the 
use of expired tags. 

(S3) Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for anyone to permit unlawful 
any dog owned by him or her to be at large without said large!"^ ^ 
license tag, and it shall be the duty of all sheriffs, deputy 
sheriffs, constables and police oflficers to enforce the provisions 
of this law. It shall be the duty of each supervisor or assessor Assessment. 
at the time of making his annual assessments to make a list of 
the dogs within his assessing district and to make a report 
thereof direct to the said township or village clerk within 
thirty days after such assessment has been made. 

(84) Sec. 5. The tags provided for in this act shall not Tagsnon- 
be transferable either from person to person or from dog to 
dog, and shall be good for only one year from and after the 
first dav of .lanuarv of the vear in which the tag is issued. 



32 



STATE OF MICHIGAN. 



Duty of 
sheriff, etc. 



Fees. 



View of live 
Steele killed, 

etc. 



Amount of 
damage, cer- 
tificate as to. 



Fees and 
mileage of 
justice. 



Witnesses, 
examination 
under oath. 



Certificate of 
damage, order 
for payment. 



Surplus after 
claims paid. 



Misdemeanor. 
Penalty. 

False claim. 

Penalty. 



(85) Sec. 6. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or po- 
lice officer shall have anthority to destroy, and it shall be his 
dnty to destroy, any dog or dogs found at large in violation 
of the provisions of this act. These officers shall receive for 
any services performed under this act the same fees as are 
provided in case of executing warrants in criminal cases. 

(86) Sec. 7. Whenever any person shall sustain a loss 
by the killing or wounding of his livestock by any dog or dogs, 
he may call upon a disinterested justice of the peace of the 
township where such killing or wounding occurred, not of kin 
to such person or otherwise interested therein, who shall pro- 
ceed to view the live stock so killed or wounded, and if from 
such vieAv he shall be satisfied that the same were killed 
or wounded by a dog or dogs he shall make a certificate 
thereof in writing, stating such fact, and the amount of dam- 
age sustained by such person, and shall deliver the same to the 
clerk of the township or village in which such killing or 
wounding occurred, who shall file and record the same in his 
office. The said justice shall receive for his services in each 
case the sum of two dollars, and mileage at the rate of ten 
cents per mile for going only, over the usually traveled road, 
to be paid from the fund created by this act. Any justice of 
the peace may examine witnesses under oath relative to any 
such view and Avhen Avitnesses are examined a statement of 
their evidence shall be forAvarded with the certificate of dam- 
age to the said clerk. 

(87) Sec. 8. Upon receipt of such certificate of damage 
the said clerk shall issue an order for the amount specified in 
such certificate, payable to the person entitled to the same^ 
which order shall be paid by the township or village treasurer 
upon presentation to him out of the special fund provided for 
in section two of this act, provided there is sufficient money 
in such special fund. All such orders shall be good until 
fully paid and payment thereof shall be made according to the 
time of filing of such claim with the said clerk. All such 
claims shall be subject to the auditing rules of the several 
townships or villages. After all claims have been paid, and 
at the end of each calendar 3'ear, any surplus remaining in 
such special fund exceeding two hundred dollars shall revert 
to the general school fund of the township or village where 
such surplus was accumulated. 

(88) Sec. 9. Any person violating any of the provisions 
of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on 
conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine not exceeding 
twenty-five dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding thirty 
days, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of 
the court. Any person presenting a false claim under the 
provisions of this act, or receiving anj^ moiiey on such false 
claim, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and on conviction 
thereof shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand 
dollar-s or imprisonment in the State's prison not exceeding 



LIVE STOCK SANITARY LAWS. 33 



two years, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discre- 
tion of the court. 

(89) Sec. 10. Nothing in this act contained shall be con- common law 
strued as limiting the common law liability of the owner of a "^^"^^y- 
dog for damage committed by it. 

(90) Sec. 11. Act number forty-eight of the Public Acts Act repealed, 
of nineteen hundred one and all amendments thereto are 

hereby repealed. 

(91) Sec. 12. This act shall not apply to cities which by Act not 
their charters or ordinances provide for the disposition of fees *pp*^^^^®- 
derived from the tax upon dogs. 



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